Parliamentary Commission heard testimony of “macabre acts” in Cabo Delgado

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Parliamentary Commission heard testimony of “macabre acts” in Cabo Delgado

4:06 CAT | 02 Nov 2020

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The Commission on Constitutional Affairs, Human Rights and Legality of the Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique [CACDL] related on Friday that it had heard testimony of “macabre and indescribable acts” carried out by the armed groups operating in the north of the country.

The findings of the Commission are part of the report of the inquiry that the CACDL carried out among the victims of the armed conflict in the province of Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique, and which it will deliver to the Standing Commission of the Assembly of the Republic.

Speaking on Friday to Televisão de Moçambique (TVM) about the preliminary results of the inquiry, Commission chairman António Boene said that the people displaced by the clashes reported “macabre and indescribable acts” on the part of the armed groups.

“In the conversations we had, the people reported situations of serious violation of human rights by terrorists, macabre and indescribable acts,” Boene said, adding that the victims of the armed conflict in Cabo Delgado needed psycho-social support because of the trauma inflicted by the violence.

“There are situations that are hard to believe are happening in our country,” he declared.

The CACDHL chairperson also pointed out that the victims still suffer from lack of food and housing.

The CACDHL team mandated by the Standing Commission is made up of members of the Mozambican Liberation Front (Frelimo), the Mozambique National Resistance (Renamo) and the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) members as follows: António do Rosário Bernardino Boene, president; Osório João Soto, deputy president; José Manteigas Gabriel, rapporteur; António Augusto Eduardo Namburete, deputy rapporteur; and members Afonso Lopes Nipero , Agostinho Gomes Chipindula, João Catemba Chacuamba, Jovial Setina Mutombene Marengue da Cruz, Dionísio Cherewa, Faustino Maurício Uamusse, Clarice da Esperança Milato, Joana Júlia Seifana Mucamba Ravia, Dias Julião Letela, Hermenegildo Domingos Chivure, Arnaldo Francisco Chalaua, Maria Inês Martins and Elias Gilberto Impuiri.

The Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo), the main opposition party, boycotted the investigation, arguing that it should be carried out by a commission created solely for the purpose of investigating the human rights situation in Cabo Delgado. Only the Frelimo and MDM deputies went to cabo Delgado.

The province of Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique, has been the scene of armed attacks for three years. Estimates of the number of casualties range from 1,000 to 2,000.

The Mozambican prime minister said in parliament on Wednesday that “terrorist actions are creating hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons, the number of which currently stands at more than 435,000 people”.

Carlos Agostinho do Rosário said that more than 10,000 people fleeing armed conflict in Cabo Delgado had arrived in the provincial capital, Pemba, in the last few days.

Source: Lusa